Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

September 11, 2001 is a day that no American will ever forget. On that day, Islamic terrorist group, al-Qaeda, carried out the largest terrorist attack in United States history. As many may know, the attack consisted of four plane hijackings, with two of them being flown into the World Trade Center, one hitting the Pentagon and another crashing in Pennsylvania (“Should Full-Body Scanners Be Used in U.S. Airports?”, 2010, p. 3). As a result, a total of 3,000 civilians were killed, including over…

Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common congenital defect. I find it to be a very interesting topic for various reasons. One of them is because the first open heart surgery in America over half a century ago was to fix Tetralogy of Fallot. One of the other reasons is that this is a very complex defect and it is a defect that we cannot prevent from occurring. From the very first surgery to fix Tetralogy of Fallot it was a successful procedure. Over time technology and new research has benefited…

September 11, 2001 is a day that no American will ever forget. On that day, Islamic terrorist group, al-Qaeda, carried out the largest terrorist attack in United States history. As many may know, the attack consisted of four plane hijackings, with two of them being flown into the World Trade Center, one hitting the Pentagon and another crashing in Pennsylvania (“Should Full-Body Scanners Be Used In U.S. Airports?”, 2010, p. 3). As a result, a total of 3,000 civilians were killed, including over…

In the United States and in most industrialized countries, most adults die from heart disease (Health in the Later Years, 2013). According to the American Heart Association (2013) an estimated 83.6 million American adults have 1 or more types of CVD, and of those 42.2 million are estimated to be age sixty and up. Heart disease affects people of all ages, however it is most prominent in adults age sixty-five and up. Cardiovascular disease and heart disease are terms that cover an array of…